Leafbreak

How it works

From doomscrolling to doing something, in four steps.

Notice

See today's screen time against your own goal, plus offline time, unlocks and the apps that took the most.

Nudge

When your screen has been on without a pause for longer than you want, a reminder pops up over whatever app you're in.

Suggest

The coach picks an idea that fits the moment: time of day, weather, what you enjoy, and how your day has gone.

Grow

Every offline minute earns leaves. Leaves grow your level from Seedling to Forest and unlock badges.

Reminders that actually show up

A friendly tap on the shoulder, right on time.

Most screen-time apps send a notification that ends up in the pile. Leafbreak opens a small pop-up on top of the app you're stuck in, the moment your limit is reached.

You set the limit. Anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes of continuous use.
One tap to a break. "Take a leafbreak" opens a short breathing break straight away.
No nagging. Snooze for 5 minutes, or close it. Putting the phone down resets the count.
Personal tone. It uses your name and never scolds.

The coach

Ideas that fit your evening, your weather and you.

32 offline ideas in five categories, ranked for right now. Each suggestion says why it was picked, and your thumbs up or down shapes the next one.

Time of day Weather Your interests Today's screen time 👍 / 👎 feedback What you already did today

🏃 Sport · 8 🍝 Family · 7 🫶 Friends · 6 🌿 Relaxation · 7 ⚡ Focus · 4

Activity detail: Walk around the block, 20 minutes, outdoors, with the coach's reasons Evening, You like Sport and Sunny

Leaves, levels, challenges

Motivation instead of punishment.

Leafbreak never locks your apps. It celebrates the time you spend away from them.

Leaves 🍃 for every offline minute, plus a bonus for each finished activity.
Daily and weekly challenges such as "Take 3 breaks" or "10 % less screen time than last week".
Streaks and 9 badges, from First step to Zen master.

Seedling

Sprout

Sapling

Explorer

Wanderer

Forest

Challenges screen: level card, daily challenges with progress bars and leaves to collect

Weekly report: average screen time per day, change against last week and a bar chart with the daily goal line

What you get

Small breaks that add up to a different day.

Time back

See where the hours go and watch the weekly average drop against last week.

Better focus

Focus sprints and phone-free blocks for study and deep work.

More real moments

Ideas for family dinners, calls home, coffee with friends and time outside.

No guilt

No locked apps, no red warnings. Leafbreak rewards progress and stays kind.

Rest for eyes and neck

Breathing breaks and stretches against "phone neck" and tired eyes.

Private by default

Your usage data stays on your phone unless you choose to sync it.

Inside the app

Calm, clear, and yours in light or dark.

Welcome

Activities list sorted for the moment, with filters by category — Activities

Breathing break with countdown — Leafbreak

Break finished: Well done, Sarah, plus 15 leaves — Well done

Your goals

// leafbreak campus

Built for students. Loud on purpose.

The same coach in a bold, dark design for people who live on their phones between lectures. Same leaves, same reminders, plus focus sprints and a squad.

Screen budget

Your day's allowance, as a phone battery that drains.

"14 min left · 2h 46m used of 3h · 73 unlocks"

Squad

Compete with friends on offline minutes, not likes.

🥇 Mia323′

🥈 Jonas261′

#3 You215′

⚡ Focus sprint

25 minutes, one task, phone in another room.

🔥 Streaks

Keep the flame alive, one offline day at a time.

Doomscroll meter

Where today went, app by app.

"Top app: Instagram, 42 min. That's 14 songs' worth."

Campus life

Study group, library, WG cooking, uni sports.

+15 🍃

Take a leafbreak. Grow leaves.

Coach says

Suggestions with #evening #sunny #youlikesport.

Leafbreak Campus home: lime screen budget tile, streak and offline tiles, Take a leafbreak button and Focus sprint

Squad tab: weekly leaderboard of offline minutes with friends

Focus sprint timer on a dark background with violet and lime glow

Two versions

One coach, two personalities.

Both run on the same engine and install side by side. Each can switch to the other's design in Profile, which makes them easy to compare.

	Leafbreak	Leafbreak Campus
For	Adults, families, working people	Students
Look	Calm: beige, forest green, a painted sky that follows the time of day and the weather	Bold: near-black with lime, violet and coral; chunky type and stickers
Home	Screen-time ring, coach suggestion, challenge of the day	Bento tiles: screen budget battery, streak, focus sprint, squad, doomscroll meter
Extras	Family mode (preview)	Focus sprints, squad leaderboard, campus activities
Shared	Pop-up reminders · coach with 32 ideas · leaves, levels, challenges, badges · weekly report · English & Deutsch · light and dark

Privacy

Your screen time is nobody's business.

Stays on your phone

Usage data is read and kept on the device. Nothing is uploaded by default.

Opt in, never by surprise

Syncing anonymised daily totals and product analytics are off until you switch them on.

Only what's needed

Leafbreak reads how long apps were open, not what you did in them.

Delete everything

One button removes your profile, leaves, history and settings.

Take a leafbreak.

Leafbreak is a working prototype for Android, in English and German. A Google Play release is planned.